CRCT vs. DSGR, GDS, MEG, HURN, AVPT, OPEN, SCS, NVEE, ZKH, and IAS
Should you be buying Cricut stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cricut include Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), GDS (GDS), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), AvePoint (AVPT), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Steelcase (SCS), NV5 Global (NVEE), ZKH Group (ZKH), and Integral Ad Science (IAS). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Cricut (NASDAQ:CRCT) and Distribution Solutions Group (NASDAQ:DSGR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Cricut received 14 more outperform votes than Distribution Solutions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 40.00% of users gave Distribution Solutions Group an outperform vote while only 33.96% of users gave Cricut an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cricut had 17 more articles in the media than Distribution Solutions Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Cricut and 4 mentions for Distribution Solutions Group. Cricut's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Distribution Solutions Group's score of -0.27 indicating that Cricut is being referred to more favorably in the media.
19.6% of Cricut shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Distribution Solutions Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of Cricut shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 76.6% of Distribution Solutions Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cricut has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Distribution Solutions Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cricut currently has a consensus target price of $5.09, suggesting a potential downside of 26.80%. Distribution Solutions Group has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.98%. Given Distribution Solutions Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Distribution Solutions Group is more favorable than Cricut.
Cricut has a net margin of 8.54% compared to Distribution Solutions Group's net margin of -1.23%. Cricut's return on equity of 12.25% beat Distribution Solutions Group's return on equity.
Cricut has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Distribution Solutions Group. Distribution Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cricut, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cricut beats Distribution Solutions Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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